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Riggins

Boy · RIG-inz · English

Riggins is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the US (91 babies).

What does Riggins mean?

English: English surname

Tim Riggins is a well-known character in the TV drama Friday Night Lights (2006-2011).

Say it
RIG-inz

Is Riggins a girl's or a boy's name?

Riggins is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 91 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Riggins in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,771among boys
Babies in 2025
91about 1 in 19,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 69% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 91 boys in the US were named Riggins, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,139th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 128 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.

Half of all the boys named Riggins in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

2007Busiest: 128 in 20232025
Riggins in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202591#1,771
2024100#1,673
2023128#1,420
202286#1,852
202190#1,770
202065#2,139
201968#2,109
201856#2,354
201757#2,294
201652#2,437
201544#2,721
201431#3,454
201329#3,580
201220#4,682
201122#4,354
201018#5,044
200916#5,551
20085#12,546
20076#10,915

Nicknames for Riggins

Names like Riggins

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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